BEFORE COLUMBUS: THE AMERICAS OF 1491

  Before Columbus is a beautifully illustrated book on life in what is now known as the “Americas” before the arrival of Christopher Columbus. So much about pre-Columbian society is rarely, if ever, taught in school, and this book opens children up to the sophisticated world of Indigenous societies. Your children will learn about the Aztec capital that had a complex system of running water, how Indigenous peoples in present-day México created corn from their own specially designed engineering process and that pyramids were found in Perú that predate those in Egypt. We used this book as part of our homeschool history resouces and it’s a life-changing read.